2 Corinthians 7:3

2 Corinthians 7:3. [1] I say it not to condemn you ‘I charge none of you with having said this of me; but since it has been insinuated in some quarters, I must repel it as a cruel wrong; against yourselves I have nothing to say,'

[1] Here the apostle resumes the singular in speaking of himself (from chap. 2 Corinthians 2:13), and after this the singular and the plural alternate to the end of the chapter.

for I have said before (several times in effect, 2 Corinthians 1:14; 2 Corinthians 2:4; 2 Corinthians 3:2; 2 Corinthians 6:11-12), that ye are in our hearts (so Philippians 1:7) to die together and live together an expression of enduring affection, not unknown in classical writings (and see 1 Thessalonians 3:8).